Shirt-bosom protector



(No Model.)

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SHIRT BOSOM PROTECTOR.

Patented May-13, 1884;

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UNITE STATES CHAUNOEY S. KELLOGG, OF NEWV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,391, dated May 13,1884.

Application fired August 23, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHAUNOEY S. KELLOGG, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShirt-Bosom Protectors,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in shirt-bosom protectors, andhas for its objects to protect the shirt-bosom from perspiration, and torender the body of the wearer cooler and more comfortable in hotweather. These obj ects are attained by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which thefigure is a front elevation.

The letter A indicates the upper section of the protector, which is madeentirely of celluloid.

O are apertures in the upper corners of the upper section of theprotector, by means of which a tape string, D, is attached thereto forthe purpose of fastening the upper part of the protector to the body ofthe wearer by being placed around the back of the neck.

B is the lower section of the protector, and is overlapped by the uppersection, A, about three-fourths of an inch, which is made entirely ofcelluloid.

O E are openings in the upper and lower sections for the passage of tapefastenings to connect the upper and lower sections to each other andhold them in place.

E are openings at the lower corners of the lower section for the passageof the tape strings F, by means of which the lower sec-, tion is securedto the body of the wearer.

G is a small piece of cloth having a buttonhole, by means of which theprotector may be buttoned to the drawers in the same manner as a shirtis buttoned thereto.

The bosom-protector is made of a shape to conform to the bust of thewearer, but to stand out therefrom about one and one-fourth inch,

so as only to touch the body at the top, bottom, and sides, and isintended to be worn between the under and outside shirts. It is made inupper and lower sections, in order that one section may slide over theother, and thus permit the wearer to bend over freely in any direction.

I construct the protector of celluloid in strips, forming a frame ofpieces of about threesixteenths of an inch wide and one-sixteenth of aninch'thick. These are connected to each other by up and down stripsone-eighth of an inch wide by one-sixteenth of an inch thick, placedequidistant from each othersay about 0ne-fourth of an inch apart-so theshirt cannot sink between the strips. The upper and lower sectionsoi'theprotector are, when placed together, about the size of an ordinaryshirtbosom, each section being about nine inches high.

A shirt-bosom protector made of celluloid in the manner describedeffectually protects the shirt-bosom from the effects of perspiration ofthe body, the wearer is cooler, and the unpleasant effects of wearing awet shirt are prevented.

Having described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patentand to claim 1sl. A shirt-bosom protector made of celluloid, having anupper and lower section, as shown and described, and for the purposesset forth.

2. In a shirt-bosom protector, the combination of upper section, A, madeof celluloid, having apertures O C and tape D, adapted to fit the bust,with section B, having apertures E E, as described, and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signatureiu presence of two witnesses.

GHAUNOEY S. KELLOGG.

Witnesses: E. N. WHITTEMORE WILLIAM BULLrrr.

